Byron York:
In a new interview with ABC, President Obama concedes that the disastrous rollout of Obamacare has taken a toll on his approval ratings. But he believes the public’s opinion of his work will rise again. “I’ve gone up and down pretty much consistently throughout,” Obama said. “But the good thing about when you’re down is that usually you got nowhere to go but up.”
That certainly sounds comforting for the president and his supporters. But is it true? Actually, there’s no reason Obama’s approval ratings might not continue to slide. In fact, for more than a year, Obama’s ratings have been roughly tracking those of his predecessor, George W. Bush, at the same point in Bush’s presidency. (You can track the ratings together at the Gallup Presidential Approval site.)
It’s impossible to compare Bush’s first-term ratings with Obama because Bush’s approval was skewed so dramatically by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Bush’s approval soared to 87 percent in Gallup in October 2001, and then began a long decline. Obama’s presidency began with an impressive peacetime high of 65 percent. But at that point in each man’s presidency, the numbers just can’t be compared.
Beginning about May 2012, though, the two presidents’ approval ratings began to roughly converge. In the second week of that month, Obama’s Gallup rating hit 47 percent, while Bush’s had been 47 percent in May 2004, the same point in his presidency. In June of ’12, the ratings stayed within a couple of points of each other. In late summer 2012, Obama’s ratings actually fell below Bush’s late summer ’04 ratings, Obama at 45 percent to Bush’s 49 percent.
Up until now Obama has looked down on the media as if it was his personal propaganda machine.
This week push back (better late than never) started:
Once these organizations take this first step back from Obama who knows what else they might notice…..and report?
It wouldn’t surprise me if obama’s rating eventually drops below congress’ 6% rating. I’ve never seen a person work so hard for a lower rating. As with the usual democrat philosophy when they are in a hole, he actually asked for a bigger shovel. Keep digging, and dig faster.
THE PRESIDENT BUSH HAD CLASS AND DECENCY, HE KNEW HOW THE FREEDOM OF AMERICANS IS
A TREASURE AND RESPECTED IT Because he respected the CONSTITUTION since his birth
comming from strong roots deep in the ground,
he was demonize only by OBAMA ON AND ON SAYING IT’S BUSH FAULT SO TO ELEVATE HIS NOTHINGNESS,
THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW HIM ARE OF TE SAME POISONOUS TREE INVADING THE GOOD ROOTS,
AND PLANTED THERE BY SEEDS OF FOREIGN HATER AND ENVIOUS MINDS,DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA WHO HAS BEEN ADMITED IN THIS COUNTRY BY MONEY EXCHANGES,
THERE IS NO COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO, NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY TO FIND SOME,
ONLY THE FOOLS AND IGNORANTS WOULD GIVE BAD NUMBERS TO PRESIDENT BUSH,
AND WE EXPECTED IT FROM THEM WHO HAVE LISTEN TO ENDOCTRINATION AND HAVE BEEN CAUGHT BY IT’S NEFARIOUS LIES AND TENTACULS, FROM DAY ONE OF THE AGENDA WHICH OBAMA FOLLOW,
REMEMBER SARAH PALIN WAS ALMOST KILLED BY THE SAME HATE SPITS FROM OBAMA LOYALIST FOLLOWING WHAT WAS TOLD TO THEM, BY OBAMA,
IF THEY TAKE A KNIFE BRING A GUN FIGHT THEM, EVEN NOW
BY A MARTIN BASHIR HATER SPITTING IN A MEDIA WHICH ALLOW HIS JOB TO CONTINUE, HE WAS WELL TRAIN BY THE INDOCTRINATION,
THAT OBAMA SPEECH WAS GIVEN FROM THE BEGINING OF HIS LEADERSHIP, TO STUDENTS
NOW TODAY YOU SEE THE YOUNGS KEPT IGNORANT ATTACKING THE WHITE PEOPLE ON THE STREET,
NOT FOR LOVE THY NEIGHBOR,
BUT FOR HATE EVERYONE WHO DON’T THINK LIKE YOU ,
AND PUNISH THEM,
One thing about George Bush. you always knew he loved his country. obama? don’t think so.
@enchanted: Obama loves his country, it just doesn’t happen to be the USA.
@UpChuck.Liberals: #5
Brilliant comment. Short and to the point.
Actually I think Obama’s love starts and stops at himself.
Obama admitted to participating in the kinds of racial profiling that his own Justice Department is prosecuting.
Specifically, he said:
“As I was getting a tour of DreamWorks, I didn’t ask, but just looking at faces, I could tell there were some folks who are here not because they were born here.”
Read More At Investor’s Business Daily: http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/120213-681012-obama-immigrants-dreamworks-profiling-people-he-sees.htm#ixzz2mKs6CaAM
Gee.
Imagine if a Republican policy maker had dropped that one!
Now, imagine Obama’s above statement getting the same coverage.
Approval ratings drop.